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Io Capitano
Directed by Matteo Garrone
Longing for a brighter future, two Senegalese teenagers embark on a journey from West Africa to Italy. However, between their dreams and reality lies a labyrinth of checkpoints, the Sahara Desert, and the vast waters of the Mediterranean. From TMDB
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Io Capitano is a 2023 adventure drama film, directed by Matteo Garrone, starring Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall and Issaka Sawadogo.
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59 of 59 · most liked first#AprilMovieChallenge - immigrants Io Capitano (2023) This film exploring migration from the migrants perspective is stunning both visually and emotionally. It is the rare type of film that has the power to change the way you think. 10/10 @omacolt.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →I’m thrilled to announce that my new book, Not a Point or an Instant, is officially out today! This collection of one-line poems is inspired by the film Io Capitano by Luca Guadagnino and Giorgio Agamben's concept of "Bare Life." www.christianpatracchini.com/books/p/not-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social have covered all five Oscar nominees for Best International Film with this review of Io Capitano: #filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →#bales2025moviechallenge - makes you grateful Io Capitano (2023) There is much to love about this beautiful film that gives faces and names to migrants and refugees. Stunning visually, 2 main leads are brilliant. But most of all it gave me hope in a weary weary world.
positive · AI labelView post →This is an era defined by the rise of and response to mass migration. If you want a devastating glimpse into what motivates people to risk their lives and how they risk their lives to come to the West, I strongly suggest you watch this Oscar nominated movie, Io Capitano.
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, Top Gun: Maverick on Film4 or Kiss Of The Dragon on Legend. At 10.05pm, The Deadly Affair on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 11pm, If Beale Street Could Talk on BBC2 or The Day Of The Jackal on Legend. At 11.35pm, Io Capitano on Film4. At 1.55am, The Guard on Film4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Best TV: Colin from Accounts. Best movie: Io Capitano. Best book: Prophet Song. Best theatre: Dear England. Best music: @cmatbaby.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →This week on the podcast we have Feud: Capote Vs the Swans, American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders, and Io Capitano on our list before discussing Casablanca and Mrs Miniver, the 16th and 15th Oscar Best Picture winners. #filmsky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 8pm, Lawrence of Arabia on BBC4. At 9pm, The Theory Of Everything on Film4, Brothers In Law on Great TV, Layer Cake on Great Action or Murder By Decree on Sky Arts. At 10.50pm, Oldboy on Legend. At 11.25pm, Io Capitano on Film4. At 1am, Jagged Edge on Legend #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Io Capitano 2023 - ENG Subs - Adventure, Drama, Tragedy Movie Link: playmogo.com/e/d0pwogefhh04 -- Storyline: -- A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Review: Italian drama – Io Capitano – wp.me/p2mMDp-9k1 #Films #Filmsky #Moviesky #Movies 🎬📽️ #review #cinema
positive · AI labelView post →Human Rights Through Art: Conversations on Cinema, Justice and Rights Join the online screening and discussion of Io Capitano, taking place tomorrow, a powerful film inspired by true stories that follows the journey of two cousins crossing #Libya, and the Mediterranean in search of safety & dignity
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Io Capitano (D:Matteo Garrone, 2024) "The real skill of this film lies in his abilty to take us to the edge of despair and engineer a rescue through an unexpected act of kindness or a stroke of luck, let alone a small but mesmerising dream sequence." www.theguardian.com/film/2024/ap...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘I was so angry’: the man who inspired Oscar-nominated film recalls epic journey from Ivory Coast to Italy. Io Capitano brings to life the traumatic experience of tens of thousands of people who flee across the Mediterranean each year www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...
neutral · AI labelView post →Italian director Matteo Garrone distills the experience of African migrants to Europe in "Io Capitano," a beautifully realized but emotionally tense drama about a Senegalese teen making the journey over half of Africa to the Mediterranean. (Broadway.) 2/3
neutral · AI labelView post →Io Capitano: Moving, vivid film following a teenager’s arduous and exploited journey from Senegal to Italy; not an easy watch, but there’s a thread of hope in the boy’s optimism in the face of horror, and the film hangs on a central sweet-faced and sweet-tempered performance from Seydou Sarr #gff24
positive · AI labelView post →Episodes behind Italy’s Oscar-nominated migrant epic ‘Io Capitano’ proved too graphic for final cut
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight, I've trekked to Randwick for a festival screening of IO CAPITANO, an Oscar-nommed film that is otherwise not released in Australia until after the ceremony. (I do really like the Ritz, it's just that there are many more convenient cinemas for me to go to)
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's free film for nowt' is Io Capitano, now streaming free on Ch4! It's a visually stunning but harrowing depiction of teenage exploitation on the illegal crossing route from Africa to Europe. Great work from newcomers Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall. Let me know what you think in the comments.
positive · AI labelView post →Looking for something beautiful to watch on the eve of destruction? I was awestruck by this tale of desperate Senegalese boys trying to get to Europe for a better life. The movie is Io Capitano and it is brutiful. tv.apple.com/us/movie/io-...
positive · AI labelView post →1/3. Films of the year 2024. To qualify the film must be a new film I have seen in cinema or on streaming in 2024: 1-4 in order: 1. Do not Expect Too Much from the End of the World. 2. Io Capitano. 3. Anora. 4. The Teacher.
positive · AI labelView post →I read this after watching the film Io Capitano & was awakened to the plight of so many desperate people. So much negative talk about immigrants can be ameliorated by learning more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mg_...
positive · AI labelView post →Films Watched in 2024: #469 Finishing up the last film from last year’s Oscar viewing that wasn’t accessible to me before the ceremony - Matteo Garrone’s IO CAPITANO. #NowWatching
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally watched the brilliant Io Capitano. Absolutely brilliant film.
positive · AI labelView post →Recommend films based on the letters of MOVIE. I'm trying to keep to the last 10 years, just for fun. And because I watch way more contemporary films than classics. May December (2023) On Body & Soul (2017) Vincent (2014) Io Capitano (2023) Extra Ordinary (2019)
neutral · AI labelView post →Agreed that int’l film distribution is not great here. We don’t get Io Capitano at AFS until 3/15. I very much appreciated & was deeply moved by Zone. The sound alone - Glazer & Burn described as a second movie - was all I want from sound design. Still: On how many more films do we just miss out?
positive · AI labelView post →🇪🇺 Io Capitano Seydou and Moussa, 2 Senegalese teenagers who leave Dakar to reach Europe in pursuit of a better life. Directed by Matteo Garrone matteogarrone.eu Starring: Seydou Sarr & Moustapha Fall #MatteoGarrone #IoCapitano @CohenMediaGroup youtu.be/0yW2FBiPMUk?...
neutral · AI labelView post →It seems to me harsh to impose a two-year gaol sentence on Chan Atak and also to deport him unconditionally at the end of his term in prison. I’m reminded of the 2023 film, IO CAPITANO. Was Atak the only qualified helmsman? Was he previously involved with the people smugglers?
neutral · AI labelView post →Tomorrow we are showing the Italian film 'Io Capitano' (121 mins, subt 2020) dir Mateo Garrone. "2 young Senegalese cousins attempt a perilous overland journey to Europe. This visually stunning film is a searing indictment of the experiences of would-be migrants." silkscreen.org.uk/io-capitano/
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Drama Movies Released on February 23! What's your fave? 1. Cinema Paradiso 2. La Haine 3. Ordinary Angels 4. Io Capitano Check out all 43 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Drama
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 Top 4 Movies Released on February 23! What's your fave? 1. Cinema Paradiso (1990) 2. La Haine (1996) 3. Ordinary Angels (2024) 4. Io Capitano (2024) 43 movies released today! Check them out at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →My unpopular opinion is that Io Capitano, a film that got a lot of praise for being human and progressive, is actually a bit of pathetic simping from Italian libs to Liga Nord voters and has no artistic or political value.
negative · AI labelView post →The (movie) Io Capitano (HD/HDX) (SD) is available today on (Vudu) (US) for $5 Cast: Issaka Sawadogo, Joseph Beddelem, Doodou Sagna, Hichem Yacoubi, Moustapha Fall, Seydou Sarr Genre: (Drama) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/io_capitano
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a rare find for world cinema fans! It's a genuine one sheet poster for Matteo Garrone's "Io Capitano," a powerful emigration drama that received a 13-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. #iocapitano #movieposter #posterart #worldcinema #foreignfilm #cinema tiny.cc/clxe001
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Io Capitano (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(Canada) for C$4.99 Cast: Issaka Sawadogo, Joseph Beddelem, Doodou Sagna, Hichem Yacoubi, Moustapha Fall, Seydou Sarr Genre: (Drama) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/io_capitano
neutral · AI labelView post →MAVOY MOVIE AWARDS 2025 - NOMINEES Breakthrough Leading Actor (2/2): Seydou Sarr – Io Capitano Siuyea Lo – Time Still Turns The Page Tergel Bold-Erdene – City Of Wind Tandin Wangchuk – The Monk and The Gun Vojtech Vodochodsky - Waves
neutral · AI labelView post →MAVOY MOVIE AWARDS 2025 - NOMINEES Breakthrough Supporting Actor: Brandon Wilson – Nickel Boys Hokuto Matsumora – Kyrie / All The Long Nights Moustapha Fall – Io Capitano Ryuji Kosaka – Evil Does Not Exist
neutral · AI labelView post →MAVOY MOVIE AWARDS 2025 - NOMINEES Casting: Anora Bird Civil War Conclave Hit Man Io Capitano Love Lies Bleeding Nickel Boys The Count Of Monte Cristo The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
neutral · AI labelView post →International Film (2/2) Italy: Io Capitano Iran: The Seed Of The Sacred Fig Japan: Evil Does Not Exist
neutral · AI labelView post →My latest Mubi watch: ‘Io Capitano’ by Matteo Garrone. 🙌🏻 🎦 🇮🇹 #film #migration
positive · AI labelView post →Check out the movie Io Capitano. It's a stirring and suspenseful migrant drama about a 16-year-old boy's journey from Senegal.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s a great film when you can’t stop thinking about it two weeks after you saw it. ‘Io Capitano’ was a haunting, beautiful film ❤️ to our local community owned cinema for showing it (& raising funds for RCK Calais) Planning to watch it again but with my 17 yr old son m.imdb.com/title/tt1422...
positive · AI labelView post →The story of Ibrahima Lo, the migrant author whose book inspired the film 'Io Capitano'
neutral · AI labelView post →“It is important to show the film Io Capitano to raise awareness among young people who want to go to Europe by any means possible,” And they need to know that Europe is no paradise at all... www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Garrone's Io Capitano and the whole film I got the feeling the movie had to devolve so much effort to disproving racist myths around immigration & convincing an Italian audience to be empathic for the protagonist that the story suffers for it. Extremely necessary work but I am mad we need it
neutral · AI labelView post →It is far from perfect, but stories like this must be told and movies like this must be watched. Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone 8/10 #iocapitano #MatteoGarrone #italianmovies #cinemaitaliano
positive · AI labelView post →At times this is a really quite harrowing film to watch as we follow two cousins "Seydou" (Seydou Sarr) and "Moussa" (Moustapha Fall) on one hell of a journey. They are still going to school in Dakar, but have secretly dreamed of heading to Europe. The work hard in their spare time, and try to keep their mother's in the dark until the time comes to start their journey. Getting from their homeland is comparatively easy - they get a bus, but once they begin their travels in earnest, that's when…
positive · AI labelView post →Oscar-nominated 'Io Capitano’ shines a light on refugee journeys
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a tough watch but Io Capitano is a very good movie. Soundtrack is lovely, the two principals are solid and I very much enjoyed the cinematography. There is one torture sequence but they don't string it out for horror, just let you know what's happening.
positive · AI labelView post →Io Capitano is okay film but it is the least favorite of the nominated international films I seen so far due its over sentimental story. Not much to say but it alright film as it is. 6/10.
neutral · AI labelView post →#IoCapitano ('23) ★★★★ Seydou Sarr gives one of the best juvenile performances in a year of extraordinary turns by kids in Garrone's riveting, exquisitely shot film about Senegalese teenagers who attempt a harrowing migrant journey from Dakar to Sicily. www.film5000.com/2023/io-capi...
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s Oscar weekend! There is a new generation of Senegalese filmmakers who are setting out to tell their own stories on their own terms. With “Io Capitano” up for best foreign film, I wondered about the types of stories get told about Africa and by whom. My latest: www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Inspired by true stories of migrant crossings from Africa to Europe, Io Capitano has some powerful expressions of desperation conveyed through performance and intensity, but doesn't relate a true understanding of its subject matter on emotional terms reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com/2024/03/io-c...
neutral · AI labelView post →#IoCapitano a human story, a punch in the gut, but a good one. #movie #immigrants
positive · AI labelView post →Ben Sears reviews Italy’s Io Capitano, a harrowing immigration story anchored by a captivating lead performance.
neutral · AI labelView post →Matteo Garrone's Oscar-nominated IO CAPITANO certainly has plenty of lyrical images, a powerful emotional core, and a knockout of a debut turn by Seydou Sarr. However, I couldn't help but feel like we've all seen this story treated before in far better motion pictures. My review:
neutral · AI labelView post →Movies about the flood of new immigrants into Europe from Africa and the Middle East have been growing in number in recent years. Depictions of the many hardships these individuals face (sometimes graphic and disturbing in nature) have been making their way into the cinematic community, showing exactly what these desperate freedom seekers are up against. And this latest offering in this genre does just that in telling the story of two Senegalese teens as they make the perilous attempt to find…
neutral · AI labelView post →New - Ethan Coen's DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS, Oscar-nominated IO CAPITANO, Bhutan's THE MONK & THE GUN, Canada's Top Ten selection SEAGRASS, Zhang Yimou's ARTICLE 20, artist profile APOLONIA APOLONIA, more! Now playing in Toronto: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toOpening
neutral · AI labelView post →New - Ethan Coen's DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS, Oscar-nominated IO CAPITANO, Bhutan's THE MONK & THE GUN, Canada's Top Ten selection SEAGRASS, Zhang Yimou's ARTICLE 20, artist profile APOLONIA APOLONIA, more! Opening this week in Toronto: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toOpening
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